Metal gods Metallica score their eighth ARIA #1 this week with the debut of 72 Reasons, while Australian country duo The Wolfe Brothers land a #8 debut.
Formed in 1981 by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, Metallica are one of the founding bands of thrash metal. From Metallica (aka The Black Album) in 1991, which has been certified platinum 13 times in Australia, to their live album S&M2 with the San Francisco Symphony, the band has enjoyed a string of #1 success on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Livin’ The Dream, the seventh studio album from The Wolfe Brothers, becomes their fourth top 10 after This Crazy Life peaked at #10 in 2016, Country Heart reached #9 in 2018 and Kids on Cassette made it to #6 in 2021.
The Wolfe Brothers have been nominated for two ARIA Awards: Best Independent Country Album in 2019 and Best Independent Country Album or EP in 2022. Livin’ The Dream was written during the pandemic over Zoom writing sessions with writers all over the world. Nick Wolfe produced the album with Rod McCormack and Matt Fell.
Off the back of their tour, Being Funny In A Foreign Language by The 1975 was #39 last week, and jumps to #31. It peaked at #1 in 2022. The 1975 re-enters at #72.
This week marks 100 weeks in the top 50 for SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo – with the album that was absolutely inescapable in 2021 coming in at #25.
On the Singles Chart, Last Night by Morgan Wallen is #1 for a second week. Joining him in the top 10 is fellow American country star Luke Combs, who jumps from #12 to #7 with his cover of Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car. The original peaked at #4 here in 1988. Until now, Combs’s biggest single was Forever After All, which topped out at #14 two years ago.
David Kushner, the 22-year-old American singer-songwriter, storms the chart to land a #6 debut with Daylight, having come to prominence last year on TikTok, where his song Miserable Man went viral. It currently has over 96 million global streams on Spotify. Daylight is Kushner’s second top 40 hit here after Miserable Man hit #36 last year.
South Korean girl group Fifty Fifty continue to rise up the chart with The Beginning: Cupid jumping from #17 to just inside the top 10, at #9 while Post Malone’s new track Chemical arrives at #14 – his 41st solo or collaborative top 50 hit in Australia.
2023 ARIA Chart Toppers
Singles
January 2 Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas Is You
January 9 Sam Smith & Kim Petras Unholy
January 16 SZA Kill Bill
January 23 Miley Cyrus Flowers
January 30 Miley Cyrus Flowers
February 6 Miley Cyrus Flowers
February 13 Miley Cyrus Flowers
February 20 Miley Cyrus Flowers
February 27 Miley Cyrus Flowers
March 6 Miley Cyrus Flowers
March 13 Miley Cyrus Flowers
March 20 Miley Cyrus Flowers
March 27 Miley Cyrus Flowers
April 3 Miley Cyrus Flowers
April 10 Miley Cyrus Flowers
April 17 Morgan Wallen Last Night
April 24 Morgan Wallen Last Night
Albums
January 2 Taylor Swift Midnights
January 9 Taylor Swift Midnights
January 16 Taylor Swift Midnights
January 23 Taylor Swift Midnights
January 30 SZA SOS
February 6 Sam Smith Gloria
February 13 Taylor Swift Midnights
February 20 Paramore This Is Why
February 27 P!nk Trustfall
March 6 Harry Styles Harry’s House
March 13 Harry Styles Harry’s House
March 20 Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation
March 27 Morgan Wallen One Day At A Time
April 3 Lana Del Ray Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
April 10 Melanie Martinez Portals
April 17 Cub Sport Jesus At The Gay Bar
April 24 Metallica 72 Reasons
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